18th Annual Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute

March 15-16, 2018

Message from the Director

We invite you to join us for Pepperdine's 18th Annual Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr. Judicial
Clerkship Institute, a program dedicated to promoting justice and the federal judiciary
through training federal judicial law clerks. Every spring, federal judges and professors
from across the country gather at Pepperdine and generously dedicate their time to
providing current and future federal law clerks with the skills they need to become
effective law clerks. The wisdom they share during the program is invaluable.

We look forward to continuing to work with the American Bankruptcy Institute and Federal
Judicial Center, who sponsor bankruptcy and career clerks to attend the conference.
We invite term law clerks who will be beginning federal clerkships to enroll. Through
the kindness of former law clerks and other friends of Judge Byrne, and also through
Pepperdine University, we have travel scholarships available for a limited number
of new clerks who would like to attend. We deeply appreciate the continued support
of judges, professors, clerks, and students who have helped make this conference a
success for nearly two decades. We look forward to meeting you.

Registration

Any law student or law graduate who has been selected for or has entered a clerkship
is eligible to attend. Bankruptcy law clerks are eligible to attend an additional
program track designed by the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Pepperdine's School of Law provides a superior legal education that aligns personal values with areas of interest, such as dispute resolution, religion, public interest, criminal, and entertainment law.